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Clothworkers' Company of London member to speak at the Annual Dinner

Alex Nelson who is an active member of the Clothworker Company, grew up in London and went on to study at University College Durham before embarking upon a career in the transport industry. Initially in Norwich and then moving to the North East to work at Go-Ahead Northern from 1985 to 1994, before leaving to start the Mayfair Group Travel. He now owns Chester-le-Track, a ticketing service and the only independent main line railway station at Chester-le-Street.

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Double Family Celebration

Three sisters from Durham and two brothers from West Yorkshire have reinforced the strong family ties enjoyed by the city’s growing band of freemen when they were sworn in at the Candlemas Guild Day.

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Durham Pointers Children's Market Place Quiz Competition Presentation

The work of the Durham Pointers has been supported by a donation of more than £4000 by the Durham City Freemen. An element of the funding has been targeted at the younger section of our local visitors by the production of an activity leaflet, 'Children's Market Place Quiz’.

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Apprentice Lands “Dream Job” in Durham's World Famous Castle

Apprentice Steven Hay is carving out a new career as a joiner at Durham’s iconic Norman Castle – thanks to a funding package from the city’s freemen. Twenty-nine-year-old Steven beat off stiff competition to win the “chance of a lifetime” – securing a four-year joinery apprenticeship to help with the upkeep of the 11th century fortress.

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Gift Puts City Workshop at the Cutting Edge

Leaders of Durham’s freemen have handed an early Christmas present to staff and trainees in specialist workshops in the city - a gesture described as “vital” to securing their financial future.

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Obituary - James Fawcett Magee

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Patients Helped Along The Road To Recovery

Stroke victims are being kept “on the road to recovery”, thanks to a £1,000 gift from the City of Durham Freemen.

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Membership Grows By Degrees

Two academics at opposite ends of their working lives were sworn in as freemen at the Martinmas Guild Day in Durham’s town hall.

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Annual Dinner 2016

The Annual Dinner of the Durham City Freemen was held in the Town Hall on Saturday 15th of October 2016 where 72 Freemen, friends and guests enjoyed an evening in the wonderful setting of the Main Hall

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The Freemen of England and Wales Annual General Meeting York

The AGM which was held at the Merchant Adventurers Hall on the 15th - 17th September was attended by Eric Bulmer (Warden of the Plumbers’ Company), Bob Elliott (Warden of the Masons’ Company), Kathleen Vasey (Warden of the Butchers' Company), Joe McElwee (Warden of the Cordwainers’ Company and Doris McElwee (Member of the Cordwainers’ Company), representing the Durham City Freemen.

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